(19)
(11) EP 1 211 874 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/23

(21) Application number: 01306047.0

(22) Date of filing: 13.07.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04M 1/58, H04B 1/58, H04M 1/738
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 01.12.2000 GB 0293654

(71) Applicant: Hitachi Micro Systems Europe Limited
Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 8YA (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Walton, Mark
    Reading, Berkshire RG6 4BU (GB)
  • Kubo, Eiji
    Tokyo 192-0363 (JP)
  • Nakagawa, Tetsuya
    Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-0004 (JP)
  • Aida, Kosaku
    Tokyo 121-0062 (JP)
  • Kasai, Nobuya
    Higashi-Murayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0011 (JP)

(74) Representative: Read, Matthew Charles et al
Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB)

   


(54) Single chip semiconductor device for implementing a side-tone function in a telephone


(57) A semiconductor device comprises a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a CPU for controlling the DSP and an interface circuit. The interface circuit comprises an input circuit, a gain-adjusting circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit inputs a digital signal and supplies the signal to the DSP synchronously with a first clock signal. The gain-adjusting circuit is capable of adjusting the gain of the digital signal supplied to the input circuit. The output circuit adds a digital signal received from the DSP to the digital signal with the gain thereof adjusted and outputs a signal obtained as a result of the addition synchronously with the first clock signal. A signal path extended from the input circuit through the gain-adjusting circuit to the output circuit forms hardware. A digital signal to be transmitted propagates through the hardware to be subjected to the so-called side-tone processing. As a result, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device capable of generating a side tone without increasing the magnitude of a load borne by a CPU and without requiring an external circuit component.





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